"Zi JI, stand down."
Gu Yuena's gaze flickered slightly as she spoke calmly.
"Yes, Master."
Zi JI obeyed Gu Yuena's every command.
She gracefully retreated behind Gu Yuena, step by step.
"Bi Ji."
Gu Yuena spoke again, her voice calm.
Lin Xiao saw Bi Ji step out from the group, wearing an emerald-green dress and carrying herself with gentle elegance.
"Hello, Boss."
"This is what we prepared to pay for opening jars. Will it be enough?"
As Zi JI spoke, she took a large quantity of rare metals out of the Space Soul Tool she carried.
That was right.
Rare metals.
And there were many different kinds.
[Cold iron, worth 303235 transaction points.] [Black iron, worth 4532121 transaction points.] [...]
Lin Xiao's gaze swept over one item after another before he looked at Gu Yuena and asked, "If only the four of you are opening jars, I only need these."
With a wave of his hand, he put away more than half the various metals.
"All right."
Gu Yuena nodded, and Bi Ji put away the remaining rare metals.
In the past, Soul Beast Overlords like them would not have spared these lumps of metal a glance.
Now, however, things were different.
"Who's going first?"
Lin Xiao asked again.
Yet neither the hotheaded Xiong Jun nor the gentle Bi Ji, nor even Zi JI, who exuded seductive charm from head to toe, spoke up. They simply remained where they were, making no move.
"I'll go first."
Gu Yuena stepped out from the group as she spoke and walked over to the counter.
She carefully considered which jars she should open.
"Master, I've finished chopping today's firewood. What should I do now?"
Suddenly, a voice came from the Backyard.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
One pair of eyes after another turned